nsw parliament

Some interesting debate from the opposition party at:

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/

perform a global search on TCARD and sort by date. This website is pretty crap - much like the government - so it may work or it may terminate without notice. Either way, if it doesnt work, it is your fault!

some recent snipets from there show the opposition party hammering labor's handling of a lot of projects and also tcard. Also, some talk of cultural problems at railcorp. One wonders what effect this may have on ERG vs NSW Govt case. Any lawyers on Hotcopper?


4th June

However, the committee did examine the debacle of the Tcard electronic ticketing system, which is no longer in existence; Minister Watkins aborted the project. Minutes attached to the report show that a number of committee members were keen to pursue debate on Tcard and that remains a matter for future deliberation by the committee. Another Transport issue that the committee has followed for some time is corruption within RailCorp. Since the committee completed its hearings, corruption in RailCorp has re-emerged in another Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry, with the former Director General, Mr Vince Graham, being a key witness and admitting that there is a serious cultural problem in that organisation which he was unable to successfully deal with. Obviously that matter will need to be further examined.

Vince Graham referred to the time it takes to turn around that culture in such a large organisation. Rooting out the capacity for corrupt activity must be addressed in a full-on way, and I have no doubt that my colleagues on the committee will be interested to see how that portfolio responds to the report of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in due course. The committee has been very interested in the operations of Sydney Ferries, the Walker inquiry into Sydney Ferries and the fate of our ferry services in Sydney Harbour. We will endeavour to be fruitful in investigating and continuing to monitor this area in the period immediately ahead.